Rituals of degradation: Administration as policy in the Ontario works programme

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-79

  Herd, Dean ^a   Mitchell, Andrew ^a   Lightman, Ernie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Implementation; New economy; Welfare administration; Welfare reform; Workfare

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION; WELFARE REFORM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244288640     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2005.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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